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VIP Tower of London: After Hours Tour & Ceremony of the Keys

52 reviews

1.5 hours

Max 20

Why take this tour?

Highlights

Get exclusive VIP access to the Tower of London after hours, allowing you to explore without the crowds and have the monument all to yourself.
Witness the centuries-old Ceremony of the Keys, the world’s oldest military ritual, with guaranteed spots.
Hear from your Beefeater guide how a royal residence became one of the world's most infamous prisons.
Find out why at least six ravens are kept in the castle—and why a polar bear lived here at one point, too!
Hear stories of the famous ghosts who haunt the Tower of London, including those of a few royals.

Sites Visited
Tower of London
Execution Square
Traitor's Gate
Church of St Peter ad Vincula
Bloody Tower (exterior)
White Tower (exterior)
Ceremony of the Keys

Tour Includes
After hours access to the Tower of London
Access to the Ceremony of the Keys
Small group of 20 guests maximum
Yeoman Warder guide

Follow one of the Tower of London’s famous Beefeater guards through the grounds of the infamous fortress-turned-prison after the crowds have cleared out.

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Total Customer Reviews: 52

Verified Ratings

4.7 /5

based on 42 Walks’ customer ratings

Rating summary by category

Guide

4.8/5

Guest Support

4.7/5

Latest reviews

Excellent

After trying many times we finally secured tickets for The Ceremony of the Keys. John, our Yeoman Warder guide was excellent. He explained what we were going to see and why this event had been carried out every night for over 700 years. The Escort to the Keys the night we were there were the Gurkhas and they carried out their duties perfectly. We even had a Q and A afterwards which was interesting too. The weather was perfect and it was a great even to witness and a bucket list trip ticked off.

Verified · Leslie · Jul 12, 2024

Excellent

Cannot rate this highly enough if you’re a history lover! This was such a cool experience!! Our guide DP Hardy was amazing - funny but so informative.

Verified · Casey · Jul 12, 2024

Excellent

It is essentially the Beef Eater tour after dark, but so much better. Due to the small group size you get a lot of time to interact with the Yeoman Warder. John our Warder (Beefeater) was very engaging and I have done the daytime tour numerous time over the last 20 years and consider myself a tower nerd, learned some new interesting facts on this tour. He answered my questions and shared a lot of his person experiences living and working in the tower. The evening ends with the ceremony of the keys itself. If you’re looking for just the keys ceremony bit with the lower cost it’s available but so very hard to get and doesn’t give you one on one time with a Yeoman Warder.

Viator customer · Karl · Jul 12, 2024

Excellent

We loved our VIP after hours tour of The Tower of London! Our guide was amazing, super knowledgeable and personable and we learned so much history. It was amazing, would definitely recommend.

Verified · Andrew · Jun 28, 2024 · Canada · Female · 25 to 34 years

Excellent

Excellent tour! I would recommend it to everyone who travels to London. It was pretty magical to be in the Tower of London, after hours with only twenty people, receiving a tour from the Yeoman Warder. It felt very special to be able to see The Ceremony of the Keys!